Manofim 2022 | The Birth of the Sacred Animals

The Birth of the Sacred Animals

Opening: 9.10.21 - Closing: 11.12.21

Artist: Moshe Ripner
Curator: Maya Israel

In his exhibition, Moshe Ripner presents a series of quick ink drawings that seem to have been “thrown” on the paper. Ripner takes into account the whiteness of the gleaming paper – an abstract mark that seeks meaning in a rapid process of absorption. His type of painting action – throwing the materials on the paper – summons a live channel for the emergence of images that resonate with mythological figures and impressions from his childhood literary influences: English and German legends alongside Hasidic stories, tales, and midrashim.

Moshe Ripner, Untitled, 2021, ink and pastel on paper

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Jerusalem Artists’ House

The Jerusalem Artists House is situated in a historic building that once housed "The Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts," founded by Boris Schatz in 1906, today the current Bezalel Academy for Arts and Design. For a time the building housed the Bezalel National Museum, precursor of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. When the Israel Museum was opened, the collections of the Bezalel National Museum were transferred to it, where they formed the initial core collection of the Museum. Since 1965, the House has served as home to the Association for Jerusalem Artists. In this capacity, the House has become a dynamic center for exhibitions, displaying unique and varied works of both Israeli and international artists. The annual exhibition plan includes a series focusing on prominent young artists exhibiting their works for the first time, as well as a series of retrospective works by veteran artists. In addition, the Artists House displays group exhibitions on a wide range of subjects, joint presentations between Israeli and international artists, as well as a variety of other activities.